Lucas County Canine Care and Control is partnering this weekend with Best Friends Animal Society for a Clear the Shelter adoption event to encourage the adoption of dogs.
From Friday, September 16, through Sunday, September 18, Best Friends Animal Society is sponsoring the adoption fees for dogs adopted during the event.
Available dogs are behaviorally and medically evaluated and have had initial vaccines, heartworm testing, deworming, spay/neuter surgery, and microchip with lifetime registration. The only cost to adopt a dog will be the purchase of a 2022 license, $25 in Lucas County. More than 80 dogs and puppies are searching for new homes at canine care with more dogs becoming available for adoption each day.
Anyone with a resident dog and looking to adopt another dog, should bring their resident dog for a meet and greet. Families also are encouraged to bring children to meet a prospective new pet.
All dogs looking for a home can be viewed online at lucascountydogs.com/adop tion/ or on the canine care Facebook page. Canine care and control is at 410 South Erie Street, just south of downtown Toledo, and is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. According to Best Friends Animal Society, shelters in the United States had an 8.1 percent increase in the number of animal intakes in 2021, far exceeding their adoption rates.To date, canine care and control has had an 8.3 percent increase in intakes.
